Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Chitau Pitha

Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Chitau Pitha Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Chitau Pitha. This Pitha makes its appearance in the Odia homes on the occasion of Chitalagi Amabasya, also known as Chitau Amabasya. Basic ingredients are rice and coconut. Tastes nice if served with chutney or khir (khiri).

It is a variety of rice pancake which is made during chitalagi amabasya or sravan amavasya.

I've tried to make chitou pitha but it's always breaking from middle.

Can you please let me know why my chitou is breaking and is there any specific rice to make chitou pitha or not.

You can cook Chitau Pitha using 3 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chitau Pitha

1. You need 250 grams of rice.

2. You need 1 cup of raw coconut.

3. You need to taste of Salt.

On how the traditional process of making Chitau Pitha has transformed, Sudha Mishra, a teacher says, "We are living in an era where 'quick' is the new definition of life.

Earlier we used to cook chitau pitha only on wood fire chulha and that too in earthen pots like 'palama' but today we are used to different other utensils.

Then thereafter open the lead and take out delicious and crispy chitau pitha.

And prepare pithas from rest of the batter.

Chitau Pitha step by step

1. Soak rice for 8 hours, first grind the coconut without water then add soaked rice to it add salt leave the batter for 2 hours.

2. Take a non-stick pan. The consistency of batter is little liquide, pour the batter and move the pan with the help of hand cover the lid.

Finally serve this Chitau Pitha any decorated plate or bowl.

Blend the rice and coconut pieces together and make a very fine paste.

Method: Wash the rice & urad dal properly, drain all the water and add grated coconut to it.

Another popular recipe of my state-usually made for snacks orbreakfast and during Manabasa gurubar and chita lagi amabasya festivals.

You can eat chitau pitha with any kind of curry that you might like.